-Arisa said:Loved this episode! My favorite so far.
I'm glad we finally got to see how 02 was in the past, but the way the adults treated her was quite painful to see!
I thought Dr. Franxx was a decent guy but this episode proved that he's just some mad scientist who sees the kids as experiments!
Seeing both Hiro & Zero two as kids was nice, they were so adorable!!
Especially Zero two, she's so cute!!
It also now makes sense looking back such as the reason she likes sweet things, when she asked him to run away with her, why she's okay with the name Zero Two etc + With Hiro remembering how cruel the adults are, I hope we get to see a Rebellion Arc!
Gah it ended with a cliffhanger, can't wait to see what will happen now that Hiro finally remembered her!
I also hope it doesn't end like the picture book, after all what both of them went through, they deserve to be together ;;
This will likely end in tragedy, judging by the thematic references being made, particularly with reference to Misletoe, the Golden Bough and an in-universe version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Also the Prince and the Beast is a reflection of The Little Mermaid in its original form.
ZingFreelancer said:
Did the show ever bother establish why they need two pilots for the mechas?
aesthetics, theme of the show focused on male-female romance and tragedy.
Did the show ever bother establishing why girls has handles attached to their hips boys have to grab to drive?
aesthetics and pairing themes, also fanservice opportunities for initial attraction before we get into the meat of the plot.
What kind of power source is Franxx using and why is the power cut right after the girl is removed from the cockpit.
If you were paying attention and reading the other source material, you'd know that they're powered by magma-based fuel (the same used in their weapons), and that the person in the lower section of the pilots area serves as a physical interlink to the rest of the mech, allowing for better handling. In this case, the female becomes the "avatar" of the mech and handles movement or inputs from the male pilot, while the male pilot shares the maneuvering load and handles weapons. It's pretty much the same thing as pacific rim.
Why can a girl can control a Franxx in "berserk" state without a need for a boy? Plot convenience? Its suggested that, like in Pacific Rim, an individual can pilot the mech but it places lethal strain on the individual pilot if used for too long. This will likely be explained further as we move along, but in the three times that it's been used so far it's hardly been plot convenience. The characters have had valid reasons for using the mode that further their own goals. Again, you'd know this if you were really paying attention to the way the characters and story are being set up.
But the boy has to sit in there and wait to be rescued? Plot convenience maybe?
Finally, what is Klaxosaur and where do they come from? Another plot convenience?
Perhaps the only valid instance of plot convenience so far, but it makes sense given that male pilots aren't physically interlinked into the mech, and don't have the equipment and scan hood for it.
As for klaxosaurs: all in good time. Stop being so impatient. The origin of klaxosaurs is likely a significant plot revelation for later.
The way the story is told is rather artificial, everything we know so far is just a pretext for the sake of plot convenience. Not to mention over sexualisation for no god damn reason. I dont know about you, but I've seen this trope far too many times to care about their half arsed execution. Think back to Deadman Wonderland, Guilty Crown, Elfen Lied and Eureka Seven.
Explain to me why you believe this is artificial? What short of a few instances, what part of this feels overly forced?
Not to mention over sexualisation for no god damn reason.
And? This detracts from the show in what way? beyond piloting, the show hasn't dwelled on overt sexuality since about episode three. In fact, when it was last brought up, as in episode 12, it was displayed as part of an emotional breakdown by a character whose driving goal is to be with the only person whom she felt safe with: her darling; in this episode, we see exactly why: because she was tortured for most of her childhood, and as such needs to feel and be human in order to be accepted and feel loved.
You speak of emotions, but in order to feel something about 02, we must first be made to care about her. But I can hardly bring myself to care about someone who only cares about herself. Like at first, she was all high and mighty, but her easy going and fun loving behaviour was quite endearing, so we could give her a pass on the rest. But she never really bonded, or tried to bond with neither MC or the side characters. Instead she started acting like a bitch towards everyone because her horns and fangs grown a little?
This episode provides firm grounding for her personality, and fully explains almost all of her actions throughout the series. To wit:
-She likes sweet things because they remind her of Hiro.
-She hates her transformation because it reminds her of when she was tortured through blowing up her body and watching it regenerate throughout her childhood.
-She associates humanity with security in that regard, so the more human she is, the more secure she feels; conversely, her transformation is stressing her out out and she will do literally anything to avoid returning to being that test subject.
-She seeks out her Darling actively because he's the only thing that makes her feel safe; she's basically moving along stages 2-4 of maslow's hierarchy of needs.
The whole flashback about her, it was rather predictable. In fact, the little monster was so adorable that I would rather watch another 12 episodes with both Hiro and 02 on the run. Instead we are going to have this whole 360 turn around for 02 where she might actually realise how she went ahead and fucked up?
I'm not concerned with predictability so much as how well Darlifra tells the story from here on out. In fact, we know from the cold opening at episode 1 that Zero-Two does realize that she fucked up, but also that things go badly wrong in a way that culminates in her being in the Garden the following winter surrounded by klaxosaurs. In all likelihood they in fact do rebel and go on the run in some form or another. However, we'll have to wait and see. We only have snippets and we don't know enough to speculate accurately.
Maybe by japanese standards zero two is a name, but by European standards that's just two digits. Hence why, NOT A NAME.
Careful there, your cultural arrogance and standards are showing. You torpedoed your own argument here by noting that by Japanese standards it's a name. They're making a show based on Japanese standards, hence what you think about the name explicitly does not matter. Your feelings about the aesthetics of a name does not mean that the show has unintelligent writing.
Potato, tomato. Call it whatever you want, somebody is messing with their brains.
It does very much matter in that the way you address it shows that you aren't paying attention and don't care about the show. Hence, if you're just here to complain because the show is merely "what's on," might I suggest watching something else? |